And I definitely shouldn’t be letting a strange man lead me outside and to God knows where. He really shouldn’t be touching me, him a pirate and me a young girl and all. He picks his pipe off the ground and tucks it inside his cape, then he takes me by the arm and leads me to the door. “Greensleeves, la-la-la who but my Lady Greeeensleeeeves…”Obviously, going with some strange men when you're out of your mind drunk is not the best idea ever. Can you hear that? The rainbow is singing!” I open my mouth and sing along with it.
A chorus of voices fills the room then-they’re coming from the rainbow. “Pretty.” I wave my hands, trying to catch the ribbons of light spiraling in front of me. She runs, or rather, stumbles drunkenly into a few shady men in a dark alley. It's pretty bad shit if France bans it), and then going home alone isn't the best idea ever. Underaged drinking aside, drinking a type of alcohol that was banned by France for years (come on, FRANCE! This is a country in which children were weaned on red wine. Heartbroken, Elizabeth buries her sorrows by drinking a horrifying quantity of absinthe. As if fucking up wasn't bad enough, love interest #1 revealed that *gasp* he's dating another girl. “I guess I made a mistake.”After a long day of fucking up, she goes with her fellow witch-hunter (and love interest #1) to a pub. But I don’t make mistakes.Īt least, I didn’t used to.So this powerful awesome 16-year old witch hunter is off to her next mission as we start the book, and immediately, she fucks up. The cottage I stormed that didn’t house wizards brewing potions but a pair of aged friars brewing ale. The chimney I got stuck in trying to find a hidden cache of spellbooks. The witch I chased down the alley who nearly got away. I think of all the things I’ve done wrong in the past month. "And no more mistakes, okay? I can’t keep covering for you.”
Simple, right? Elizabeth is (from the blurb) "one of the king's best witch hunters," therefore, it is pretty astounding to discover, right from the beginning, that she constantly fucks up. She is a witch hunter in a world that hates witches and wizards, therefore she should be revered for killing them, instead she is feared and hated and would be killed if she were discovered, therefore she has to keep herself hidden as a maid within the palace as a normal human. World building with more holes than a hipster's jeansĮlizabeth Grey is a 16-year old prodigy. Actually, that did happen, but unfortunately, being chloroformed didn't shut her up for long.Ģ. She's perky! She's cute! She talks with a lot of exclamation marks! She needs to be bound, gagged, and knocked out with chloroforn because I can't fucking stand her constant "Aw, shucks! Here I go again fucking up and being adorkable!" attitude. She reminds me of one of those chibi hyper anime girls. Don't get me wrong, I don't like perfect characters.I don't like it when they accomplish everything, but neither do I like it when, by 30% of the book, they have completely fucked up everything they set out to do.īumbling is the best word for the main character in the this book. I wanted to strangle the main character repeatedly. This book compares itself to Game of Thrones. But I’m not a witch.” Even to me, this sounds weak. Virginia Boecker weaves a riveting tale of magic, betrayal, and sacrifice in this unforgettable fantasy debut.
And as she's thrust into the magical world of witches, ghosts, pirates, and one all-too-handsome healer, Elizabeth is forced to redefine her ideas of right and wrong, of friends and enemies, and of love and hate. Nicholas Perevil, the most powerful and dangerous wizard in the kingdom, offers her a deal: he will save her from execution if she can break the deadly curse that's been laid upon him.īut Nicholas and his followers know nothing of Elizabeth's witch hunting past-if they find out, the stake will be the least of her worries.
Salvation comes from a man she thought was her enemy. But when she's accused of being a witch herself, Elizabeth is arrested and sentenced to burn at the stake. Your greatest enemy isn't what you fight, but what you fear.Įlizabeth Grey is one of the king's best witch hunters, devoted to rooting out witchcraft and doling out justice. The magic and suspense of Graceling meet the political intrigue and unrest of Game of Thrones in this riveting fantasy debut.
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